FERC Asserts Authority: Declaratory Order Says Eminent Domain Exempted From State Sovereign Immunity
By Kelly Daly, Farris Gillman, and Fabian Eichentopf[1] In a recent declaratory order, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) asserted the right of its certificate holders to “exercise eminent domain authority over state-owned land.”[2] The Natural Gas Act (“NGA”) provides that “[w]hen any holder of a certificate . . . cannot acquire by contract . […]
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Tagged: eminent domain, federalism, FERC, natural gas, Natural Gas Act, pipeline, state sovereign immunity
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Kelly A. Daly
Partner
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Farris J. Gillman
Former Associate